David Aiken REED

(1880-1953)

Senate Years of Service:

1922-1935

Party:

Republican

REED, David Aiken, a
Senator from Pennsylvania; born in Pittsburgh, Pa., December 21,
1880; attended private schools; graduated from Shadyside Academy,
Pittsburgh, Pa., in 1896, from Princeton University (N.J.) in 1900,
and from the University of Pittsburgh Law School in 1903; admitted
to the bar in 1903 and practiced in Pittsburgh, Pa., 1903-1917;
chairman of the Pennsylvania Industrial Accidents Commission
1912-1915; during the First World War served as major in the field
artillery 1917-1919; resumed the practice of law in Pittsburgh in
1919; appointed as a Republican on August 8, 1922, and elected on
November 7, 1922, to the United States Senate to fill the vacancy
in the term ending March 3, 1923, caused by the death of William E.
Crow, and on the same day was elected for the term commencing March
4, 1923; reelected in 1928, and served from August 8, 1922, to
January 3, 1935; unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1934;
chairman, Committee on Expenditures in Executive Departments
(Sixty-ninth Congress), Committee on Military Affairs (Seventieth
through Seventy-second Congresses); resumed the practice of law in
Pittsburgh, Pa.; died in Sarasota, Fla., February 10, 1953;
interment in Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.

Bibliography

American National Biography; Dictionary of American
Biography.

Source: Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1771-Present